All-solid battery and method of manufacturing the same

ABSTRACT

Disclosed are an all-solid battery and a method of manufacturing the same. The all-solid battery as disclosed herein may include current collectors having the same size for a cathode and an anode, the elongation areas of the cathode and the anode may be controlled due to the ductility of the current collectors during a pressing process. Thus, areas of the anode and the cathode may become different from each other upon the pressing, thus preventing a short-circuit fault from being formed at the edge portion thereof in the pressing process.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

The present application claims priority to Korean Patent Application no.10-2017-0085882, filed Jul. 6, 2017, the entire contents of which isincorporated herein for all purposes by this reference.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to an all-solid battery and a method ofmanufacturing the same.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

A lithium secondary battery has been widely used, however, because theelongation percentage of the anode layer includes an electrolyticsolution containing a combustible organic solvent, e serious problemsrelated to safety may be caused in the event of external impacts or thelike. Therefore, a battery cell may require to include an additionalmaterial for improving safety, in addition to the basic structurethereof, or be equipped with an additional safety unit. For instance, anall-solid battery has been made with a solid electrolyte that replacingthe organic electrolytic solution, and has been considered as anext-generation battery to solve the above safety problem.

In the battery cell, lithium ions are moved from a cathode to an anodeduring charging, thereby generating electrochemical energy, and then theelectrochemical energy can be used upon discharging. Preferably, theanode may have an area greater than that of the cathode in order for theanode to receive all lithium ions moved from the cathode.

FIG. 1 shows a stacking structure of a battery cell in which the area ofthe anode layer 20 is greater than the area of the cathode layer 10 inthe related art. However, a typical process for fabricating an all-solidbattery may require an enforced pressing procedure. As such, due to thedifference in area between the cathode and the anode, as shown in FIG.2, a strong stress may be applied to the anode edge portion, and thusthe electrolyte layer 30 and the anode composite layer 22 may break,undesirably incurring a battery short-circuit phenomenon whereby thecathode and the anode of the cell may come into direct contact with eachother after the pressing procedure.

In the related art, techniques for ensuring insulation performance ofthe edge portion of an all-solid battery have been introduced, forexample, an insulator may be inserted into the electrode edge portion.However, short-circuiting of the edge portion may occur because the edgeportion may be stripped when the battery is subjected to pressure duringthe battery fabrication process and thus the insulator itself may break.

In addition, in the related art, a pouch having tape has been used inthe all-solid battery, such that the electrode edge portion may beattached to the tape to thus prevent a short-circuit fault fromoccurring. However, a short-circuit fault may remain because of thespacing between the pouch and the edge portion.

Moreover, the conventional techniques may be unsuitable for use in massproduction due to complicated processing and high manufacturing costs,such that mass productivity may not be assured.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In preferred aspects, the present invention provides an all-solidbattery, which may prevent a battery short-circuit fault from occurringas a result of breakage of an edge portion thereof.

In one preferred aspect, provided is an all-solid battery that mayinclude: a cathode layer, an anode layer and an electrolyte layer, andthe cathode layer and the anode layer are stacked and pressed to formthe all-solid battery. In particular, an elongation of the cathode layerand an elongation of the anode layer may be different upon pressing thestacked cathode layer and anode layer, an area of the cathode layer andan area of the anode layer may be same when stacked, and upon thepressing, the area of the cathode layer and an area of the anode layermay be different. After the pressing, the area of the anode layer may begreater than the area of the cathode layer.

The term “different” as used herein is meant by having a differencebetween a first value and a second value (e.g., an area of an anodelayer and an area of a cathode layer) by about 1% or more, about 2% ormore, about 5% or more, about 10% or more, about 15%, about 20% or more,about 25% or more, about 30% or more, about 40% or more, or about 50% ormore based on the first value or the second value. In embodiment, thefirst value is different from the second value by about 1% or more,about 2% or more, about 5% or more, about 10% or more, about 15% ormore, about 20% or more, about 25% or more, about 30% or more, about 40%or more, or about 50% or more based on the first value. In embodiment,the second value is different from the first value by about 1% or more,about 2% or more, about 5% or more, about 10% or more, about 15% ormore, about 20% or more, about 25% or more, about 30% or more, about 40%or more, or about 50% or more based on the second value. In certainembodiments, different values will not differ by more than about 80%,100%, 200% or 300%.

The term “same” as used herein is meant by having a small differencebetween a first value and a second value (e.g., an area of an anodelayer and an area of a cathode layer) by less than about 1%, less thanabout 0.5%, less than about 0.2%, or less than about 0.1% of the firstvalue or the second value. In embodiment, the first value may be samewith the second value wherein the difference therebetween may be lessthan about 1%, less than about 0.5%, less than about 0.2%, or less thanabout 0.1% of the first value. In embodiment, the second value may besame with the first value wherein the difference therebetween may beless than about 1%, less than about 0.5%, less than about 0.2%, or lessthan about 0.1% of the second value.

The term “elongation” as used herein refers to a property or characterof a material that is defined by increase in one, two or threedimensional extent (e.g., length) of the material upon applying ofexternal force. Likewise, the term “elongation percentage” as usedherein refers to a numerical percentage indicating increase of one, twoor three dimensional extent (e.g., length) of the material, which can beobtained or calculated with difference in the extent divided by theinitial extent (e.g. length) before the force is applied.

The anode layer may include an anode current collector coated with ananode composite layer, and an elongation percentage of the cathodecurrent collector and an elongation percentage of the anode currentcollector may be different.

In certain embodiments, the elongation percentage of the anode currentcollector may be greater than about 100% but less than about 150%,greater than about 100% but less than about 140%, greater than about100% but less than about 130%, greater than about 100% but less thanabout 130%, or about 101% to 120% of the elongation percentage of thecathode current collector. The cathode composite layer may include acathode active material, a cathode conductor and a cathode binder, andthe anode composite comprises an anode active material, an anodeconductor and an anode binder, and an elongation percentage of the anodebinder is greater than an elongation percentage of the cathode binder.

The anode current collector may have a thickness greater than athickness of the cathode current collector before the pressing of thestacked cathode layer and anode layer such that upon the pressing, thearea of the cathode layer and an area of the anode layer may bedifferent due to a difference between the thickness of the anode currentcollector and the thickness of the cathode current collector. Forexample, the anode current collector may have the thickness that is 1%,2%, 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 30%, 40%, or 50% greater than the thicknessof the cathode current collector.

The thickness of the cathode composite layer and the thickness of theanode composite layer may be same or about the same, and the elongationpercentage of the anode binder may be greater than the elongationpercentage of the cathode binder.

The all-solid battery may further include an auxiliary elongation memberwhich is adhered to a first surface of the anode layer opposite to asecond surface that is in contact with the electrolyte layer so theextent of elongation of the anode layer is increased, and in certainembodiments, the auxiliary elongation member may have an elongationpercentage of at least about 110%, at least about 120%, at least about130%, at least about 140%, or at least about 130% of an elongationpercentage of the anode layer.

In other preferred aspect, provided is a method of manufacturing anall-solid battery. The method may include forming a cathode layer and ananode layer wherein an area of the cathode layer and an area of theanode are same area; stacking the cathode layer and the anode layer;disposing an electrolyte layer between the cathode layer and the anodelayer; and pressing the cathode layer, the electrolyte layer and theanode layer, wherein, upon the pressing, the area of the cathode layermay be different from the area of the anode layer.

The area of the anode layer may be greater than the area of the cathodelayer upon the pressing. For example, the area of the anode layer may beabout 1% or greater, about 2% or greater, about 5% or greater, about 10%or greater, about 15% or greater or about 20% or greater than the areaof the cathode layer.

The cathode layer may include a cathode current collector coated with acathode composite layer, the anode layer may include an anode currentcollector coated with an anode composite layer, and an elongationpercentage of the cathode current collector and an elongation percentageof the anode current collector are different.

An elongation percentage of the anode current collector may be of about101% to 120% of an elongation percentage of the cathode currentcollector. For example, the elongation percentage of the anode currentcollector may be greater than about 100% but less than about 150%,greater than about 100% but less than about 140%, greater than about100% but less than about 130%, greater than about 100% but less thanabout 130%, or about 101% to 120% (e.g., 101%, 102%, 103%, 104%, 105%,106%, 107%, 108%, 109%, 110%, 111%, 112%, 113%, 114%, 115%, or 120%) ofthe elongation percentage of the cathode current collector.

The cathode composite may include a cathode active material, a cathodeconductor and a cathode binder, and the anode composite may include ananode active material, an anode conductor and an anode binder, and anelongation percentage of the anode current collector may be greater thanan elongation percentage of the cathode current collector, and anelongation percentage of the anode binder may be greater (e.g. at leastby about 1%, 2%, 3%, 4%, 5%, 6%, 7%, 8%, 9%, 10%, 15%, or 20% than anelongation percentage of the cathode binder.

A thickness of the anode current collector may be greater than athickness of the cathode current collector before the pressing suchthat, upon the pressing, the area of the cathode layer and an area ofthe anode layer are different due to difference between the thickness ofthe anode current collector and the thickness of the cathode currentcollector. A thickness of the cathode composite layer and a thickness ofthe anode composite layer may be same, and an elongation percentage ofthe anode binder may be greater than an elongation percentage of thecathode binder.

The method may further include adhering an auxiliary elongation memberhaving an elongation percentage of at least about 110%, about 120%,about 130%, about 140%, or about 150% of an elongation percentage of theanode layer to a first surface of the anode layer opposite to a secondsurface that is in contact with the electrolyte layer in order toincrease the extent of elongation of the anode layer.

According to the present invention, an all-solid battery may have adifference (e.g., at least by about 1%, about 2%, about 5%, about 10%,or about 15%) in area between an anode layer and a cathode layer whichmay be generated during a cell pressing process. As consequence, cellbreakage due the intensive application of stress at a battery edgeportion may be reduced, thereby decreasing the likelihood of a batteryshort-circuit fault. Likewise, because the likelihood of a short-circuitfault at the battery edge portion may be decreased through simplestacking and pressing even without an additional insulation member, themanufacturing process may be simplified and manufacturing costs may bereduced, thus ensuring mass productivity.

Other aspects of the invention are disclosed infra.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 shows a cell having an area of an anode greater than an area of acathode in the related art;

FIG. 2 shows a breakage of the edge portion upon pressing the cell ofFIG. 1 in the related art;

FIG. 3 shows cell stacking in an exemplary all-solid battery beforepressing according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 shows an exemplary all-solid battery after pressing according toan exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 shows exemplary cell stacking in an exemplary all-solid batterybefore pressing according to an exemplary embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 6 shows an exemplary all-solid battery after pressing according toan exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 shows an exemplary cell stacking in an exemplary all-solidbattery before pressing according to an exemplary embodiment of thepresent invention; and

FIG. 8 shows an exemplary all-solid battery after pressing according toan exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particularembodiments only and is not intended to be limiting. As used herein, thesingular forms “a,” “an” and “the” are intended to include the pluralforms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It willbe further understood that the terms “comprise”, “include”, “have”, etc.when used in this specification, specify the presence of statedfeatures, regions, integers, steps, operations, elements and/orcomponents but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or moreother features, regions, integers, steps, operations, elements,components, and/or combinations thereof.

It is understood that the term “vehicle” or “vehicular” or other similarterm as used herein is inclusive of motor vehicles in general such aspassenger automobiles including sports utility vehicles (SUV), buses,trucks, various commercial vehicles, watercraft including a variety ofboats and ships, aircraft, and the like, and includes hybrid vehicles,electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, hydrogen-poweredvehicles and other alternative fuel vehicles (e.g. fuels derived fromresources other than petroleum). As referred to herein, a hybrid vehicleis a vehicle that has two or more sources of power, for example bothgasoline-powered and electric-powered vehicles.

Further, unless specifically stated or obvious from context, as usedherein, the term “about” is understood as within a range of normaltolerance in the art, for example within 2 standard deviations of themean. “About” can be understood as within 10%, 9%, 8%, 7%, 6%, 5%, 4%,3%, 2%, 1%, 0.5%, 0.1%, 0.05%, or 0.01% of the stated value. Unlessotherwise clear from the context, all numerical values provided hereinare modified by the term “about.”

Unless otherwise defined, all terms including technical and scientificterms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one ofordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. It will befurther understood that terms, such as those defined in commonly useddictionaries, should be interpreted as having a meaning that isconsistent with their meaning in the context of the relevant art and thepresent disclosure, and will not be interpreted in an idealized oroverly formal sense unless expressly so defined herein.

Hereinafter, a detailed description will be given of preferredembodiments of the present invention with reference to the appendeddrawings.

FIGS. 3 and 4 schematically show the cross-section of an exemplary cellbefore and after pressing, FIG. 3 illustrating the state before pressingand FIG. 4 illustrating the state after pressing.

Particularly, in a preferred embodiment of the present invention, acathode and an anode may be formed so as to have substantially the samearea as each other, and the cathode and the anode may be manufacturedusing respective materials having different elongation percentages. Theareas of the cathode and the anode may become different from each otherdepending on individual elongation percentages thereof after a pressingprocess. In an embodiment of the present invention, an all-solid batterymay be manufactured using current collectors having the same size. Anelongation percentage of a cathode current collector layer 51 and anelongation percentage of an anode current collector layer 61 may bedifferent from each other. The extents of elongation of the cathode andthe anode may be different due to the ductility of the currentcollectors during pressing.

In addition, the present invention provides a method of manufacturing anall-solid battery. The method may include steps of: forming a cathodelayer 50 and an anode layer 60 wherein an area of the cathode layer andan area of the anode are same area; stacking the cathode layer 50 andthe anode layer 60; disposing an electrolyte layer 70 between thecathode layer 50 and the anode layer 60; and pressing the cathode layer50, the electrolyte layer 70 and the anode layer 60. Upon the pressingthe stacked layers, the cathode layer 50 and the anode layer 60 may havedifferent areas from each other due to the difference in extent ofelongation between the cathode layer 50 and the anode layer 60.

During the pressing, the cathode and the anode may be elongated due tothe ductility of the current collectors. As such, the elongationpercentages or the elongation areas may be different. Preferably, theanode may have an elongation area greater than that of the cathode andas a result, a short-circuit fault may be prevented fin the battery edgeportion upon pressing.

FIGS. 3 and 4 show the cell-stacking structure difference before (FIG.3) and after the pressing (FIG. 4), and the areas of the cathode and theanode may be changed to be different from each other before and afterpressing. For instance, the anode layer 60 and the cathode layer 50 mayhave the same area before the pressing process.

Further, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention,a battery may be manufactured to include current collectors. Forinstance, respective current collectors, e.g., cathode current collectorand anode current collector, having the same area may be coated with ananode composite slurry and a cathode composite slurry to form an anodelayer 60 and a cathode layer 50 which may have the same area as eachother. In addition, a solid electrolyte layer 70 having the same areamay be interposed therebetween. The anode composite slurry may suitablyinclude an anode active material typically used in a secondary battery,for example, silicon (Si), tin (Sn), or graphite. Also, the cathodecomposite slurry may contain a cathode active material typically used ina second battery, for example, NCM (Lithium nickel cobalt manganeseoxide), LCO (Lithium cobalt oxide), NCA (Lithium nickel cobalt aluminumoxide), or LFP (Lithium iron phosphate).

The anode composite 62 may include an anode conductor and an anodebinder, which may be mixed with an anode active material, and thecathode composite may include a cathode conductor and a cathode binder,which may be mixed with a cathode active material. For instance, each ofthe anode composite 62 and the cathode composite may be applied in theform of slurry. The coating process may include any process typicallyused for electrode coating, such as bar coating, gravure coating, butthe exemplary method is not limited thereto.

The electrolyte layer 70 may be interposed between the cathode layer 50and the anode layer 60. The electrolyte layer 70 may be formed byinserting an all-solid electrolyte composed of a sulfide- or oxide-basedmaterial using a lamination process or a coating process. Preferably,the electrolyte layer 70 may also be formed so as to have the same areaas the cathode layer 50 and the anode layer 60.

As shown in FIG. 3, the cathode layer 50, the anode layer 60 and theelectrolyte layer 70, having the same area may be prepared to, afterstacking, fabricate a battery having a predetermined area without anyprotrusions.

After the preparation of the stacked battery, a pressing process may beperformed. FIG. 4 shows the cross-section of the battery upon thepressing process. For instance, the area of the anode layer 60 may begreater than the area of the cathode layer 50 after the pressingprocess.

Likewise, as shown in FIG. 3, the cathode layer 50, the anode layer 60,and the solid electrolyte layer 70 may be formed so as to have the samearea, after which the pressing process may be performed under thecondition that the cathode layer 50 and the anode layer 60 may havedifferent extents of elongation. Particularly, in pressed battery, thearea of the cathode layer 50 may be different from the area of the anodelayer 60, as shown in FIG. 4. In order to ensure desired batteryperformance, the area of the anode layer 60 may be greater than the areaof the cathode layer 50, as described above, and thus, the area of theanode layer 60 may be formed to be greater than the area of the cathodelayer 50. Alternatively, the area of only the cathode layer 50 may beincreased.

The cathode layer 50 and the anode layer 60 may have different extentsof elongation, so the elongation percentages of materials therefore maybe different. For example, in a preferred embodiment of the presentinvention, an elongation percentage of the cathode current collector andan elongation percentage of the anode current collector may bedifferent. Particularly, a material for an anode current collector layer61 may be selected such that the elongation percentage thereof may begreater than that of a cathode current collector layer 51, when theanode layer 60 and the cathode layer 50 are formed. The extent ofelongation of the anode current collector layer 61 may be increasedduring the pressing process, and thus the anode layer 60 may havegreater area than cathode layer 50. Respective current collector layersmay be coated with a cathode composite layer 52 and an anode compositelayer 62. Hence, a difference in extent of elongation between the anodelayer 60 and the cathode layer 50 may be generated by adjusting theelongation percentages of the current collector layers.

Table 1 below shows elongation percentages of main metals used for thecurrent collectors.

TABLE 1 Yield Tensile Strength Strength Ductility (% EL) MPa (ksi) MPa(ksi) [in 50 mm (20 in.)] Aluminum 35(5)  90(13) 40 Copper  69(10)200(29) 45 Brass(70Cu—30Zn)  75(11) 300(44) 68 Iron 130(19) 262(38) 45Nickel 138(20) 480(70) 40 Steel(1020) 180(26) 380(55) 25 Titanium450(65) 520(75) 25 Molybdenum 565(82) 655(95) 35

To improve battery efficiency, the area ratio of the cathode layer 50and the anode layer 60 preferably may range from about 1:1 to about1:1.1, and thus, the elongation percentage of the anode currentcollector layer 61 may preferably be about 101% to 120% of theelongation percentage of the cathode current collector layer 51.

When the elongation percentage ratio of the anode layer relative to thecathode layer is less than 101%, the difference in area between theanode layer and the cathode layer may decrease, and lithium mayprecipitate at the anode edge portion upon charging and discharging. Theelongation percentage ratio may be limited not to exceed 120% tomaintain energy density.

In addition to the different elongation percentages of respectivecurrent collectors for the cathode layer 50 and the anode layer 60, thecathode composite layer 52 and the anode composite layer 62 may havedifferent elongation percentages.

A cathode composite may include a cathode active material, a cathodeconductor and a cathode binder. The components for cathode composite(e.g., cathode active material, cathode conductor and cathode binder)may be mixed together, and an anode composite may include an anodeactive material, an anode conductor and an anode binder, which are mixedtogether.

Accordingly, the elongation percentage of the anode composite layer 62may be formed to be greater than that of the cathode composite layer 52.This elongation percentage difference may be obtained by adjusting theelongation percentages of the binders. The electrodes formed by applyingrespective active materials in a powder phase may be connected to eachother by means of the binders, and the powder electrodes and the currentcollectors may also be connected using the binders. Thus, when only thecurrent collectors are elongated or the powder electrodes are elongatedto be greater than the current collectors, electrode delamination mayoccur during the pressing process, which is part of the batteryfabrication process, or the powder electrodes may be formed to begreater than the current collectors. Hence, these problems may be solvedby adjusting the elongation percentages of the binders.

Table 2 below shows the elongation percentages for respective binders.

TABLE 2 Ultimate Tensile Elongation Tensile Strength at break ModulusPolymer Type (MPa) (%) (GPa) ABS 40 30 2.3 ABS + 30% Glass Fiber 60 2 9Acetal Copolymer 60 45 2.7 Acetal Copolymer + 110 3 9.5 30% Glass FiberAcrylic 70 5 3.2 Nylon 6 70 90 1.8 Polyamide-Imide 110 6 4.5Polycarbonate 70 100 2.6 Polyethylene, HDPE 15 500 0.8 Polyethylene, 55125 2.7 Terephthalate(PET) Polyimide 85 7 2.5 Polyimide + 150 2 12 GlassFiber Polypropylene 40 100 1.9 Polystyrene 40 7 3

Likewise, the electrolyte layer 70 between the cathode layer 50 and theanode layer 60 may be adjusted in the extent of elongation thereof suchthat it is elongated so as to be suitable for an electrode layer havinga large area after the pressing. For instance, as illustrated in FIG. 4,the area of the electrolyte layer 70 may be equal to the area of theanode layer 60.

In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the thicknesses ofthe layers (e.g., cathode layer and anode layer) to be stacked are setdifferently so as to obtain different extents of elongation.

FIG. 5 shows the cell stacking in an all-solid battery according to anexemplary embodiment of the present invention before pressing, and FIG.6 shows the all-solid battery according to an exemplary embodiment ofthe present invention after pressing.

As shown in FIG. 5, the battery may be manufactured in a manner in whichthe cathode layer 50, the anode layer 60, and the solid electrolytelayer 70 may be formed to have substantially the same area and arestacked, like FIG. 3, but some of the layers may have differentthicknesses, unlike the embodiment shown in FIG. 3. As shown in FIG. 5,an anode current collector layer 61 may be preferably formed to bethicker than a cathode current collector layer 51. Here, materials, theelongation percentages of which are the same or almost the same, areapplied.

When the pressing process is performed, as shown in FIG. 6, theelongation areas may become different due to a thickness differencebetween the anode current collector layer 61 and the cathode currentcollector layer 51, thus obtaining a battery having the same stackingstructure as the stacking structure of FIG. 4.

Meanwhile, since it is difficult to adjust the extents of elongation ofthe anode composite layer 62 and the cathode composite layer 52depending on the thicknesses thereof, as illustrated in FIG. 5, thecathode composite layer 52 and the anode composite layer 62 may beformed to have the same thickness, but the extents of elongation thereofmay be controlled by adjusting the extents of elongation of the binders.The binder of the anode composite may have an elongation percentagegreater than that of the binder of the cathode composite.

FIG. 7 shows the cell stacking in an all-solid battery according to anexemplary embodiment of the present invention before pressing, and FIG.8 shows the all-solid battery according to an exemplary embodiment ofthe present invention after pressing.

In addition, the thickness difference in the current collectors, asshown in FIG. 5, may not be provided but an auxiliary elongation member80 may be provided on the outer surface of an electrode layer to begreatly elongated, thus inducing to elongate the corresponding electrodelayer. Such an auxiliary elongation member 80 may include a materialhaving an elongation percentage greater than the elongation percentageof the electrode current collector that is in contact therewith.

In particular, as shown in FIG. 8, the auxiliary elongation member 80may be adhered to a first surface of the anode layer 60 opposite to asecond surface that is in contact with the electrolyte layer 70 in orderto increase the extent of elongation of the anode layer 60. Theauxiliary elongation member 80 may be essentially attached withsufficiently strong adhesion to the anode current collector layer 61,and the extent of elongation of the anode current collector layer 61 mayalso be increased by virtue of the large extent of elongation of theauxiliary elongation member 80. The elongation percentage of theauxiliary elongation member 80 may be preferably about 130% or greaterof the elongation percentage of the anode layer 60.

The materials for the binders may be set differently, as discussedabove, in order to increase the extent of elongation of the anodecomposite layer 62.

Adhering the auxiliary elongation member 80 may be additionally carriedout during the stacking of the cathode layer 50, the anode layer 60 andthe electrolyte layer 70.

Although the various exemplary embodiments of the present invention havebeen disclosed for illustrative purposes, those skilled in the art willappreciate that various modifications, additions and substitutions arepossible, without departing from the scope and spirit of the inventionas disclosed in the accompanying claims. Also, many changes may be madeto specific situations or materials within a range that does not departfrom the essential scope of the present invention. Therefore, thepresent invention is not to be limited to the details of the preferredembodiments thereof, but will include all embodiments within the scopeof the appended claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method of manufacturing an all-solid battery,comprising: forming a cathode layer and an anode layer wherein an areaof the cathode layer and an area of the anode are same area; stackingthe cathode layer and the anode layer; disposing an electrolyte layerbetween the cathode layer and the anode layer; pressing the cathodelayer, the electrolyte layer and the anode layer, wherein, upon thepressing, the area of the cathode layer is different from the area ofthe anode layer; and adhering an auxiliary elongation member having anelongation percentage of at least about 130% of an elongation percentageof the anode layer to a first surface of the anode layer opposite to asecond surface that is in contact with the electrolyte layer in order toincrease the extent of elongation of the anode layer.
 2. The method ofclaim 1, wherein the area of the anode layer is greater than the area ofthe cathode layer upon the pressing.
 3. The method of claim 1, whereinthe cathode layer comprises a cathode current collector coated with acathode composite layer, the anode layer comprises an anode currentcollector coated with an anode composite layer, and an elongationpercentage of the cathode current collector and an elongation percentageof the anode current collector are different.
 4. The method of claim 3,wherein an elongation percentage of the anode current collector is ofabout 101% to 120% of an elongation percentage of the cathode currentcollector.
 5. The method of claim 3, wherein the cathode compositecomprises a cathode active material, a cathode conductor and a cathodebinder, and the anode composite comprises an anode active material, ananode conductor and an anode binder, and an elongation percentage of theanode current collector is greater than an elongation percentage of thecathode current collector, and an elongation percentage of the anodebinder is greater than an elongation percentage of the cathode binder.6. The method of claim 5, wherein a thickness of the cathode compositelayer and a thickness of the anode composite layer are same, and anelongation percentage of the anode binder is greater than an elongationpercentage of the cathode binder.